Air Force Missileers The Quarterly Newsletter of the Association of Air Force Missileers Volume 25, Number 3 “Advocates for Missileers” September 2017 Sentinel Warriors 1 Cheyenne in 2018, Our 25th Anniversary 2 South Dakota Titan I 3 Missileer Leaders 4 Missile Models on Display 9 Minuteman Missile NHS News 10 New Atlas Models, Missile Squadron Update 11 Minuteman Key Return 16 A Word from AAFM, Letters 17 New Members Page, Taps for Missileers 18 Donations Pages 19 Registration for 2018 National Meeting Inside Back Cover Reunions and Meetings Back Cover The Mission of the Association of Air Force Missileers - - Preserving the Heritage of Air Force Missiles and the people involved with them - Recognizing Outstanding Missileers - Keeping Missileers Informed - Encouraging Meetings and Reunions - Providing a Central Point of Contact for Missileers Association of Air Force Missileers Membership Categories Membership Application Annual ($20) ____ Active Duty/Student ($5) ____ Complete and mail to: Three Years ($50) ____ Active Duty/Student ($14) ____ AAFM PO Box 5693 Lifetime ($300) ____ (Payable in up to 12 installments) Breckenridge, CO 80424 Awarded Missile Badge - Yes _____ No _____ or log on to www.afmissileers.org Member Number _________________ Name Home Phone Address E-mail City State Zip Code Rank/Grade Active Retired Duty Reserve or Can AAFM release this information-only to members and missile organizations? Yes ____ No ___ Nat Guard Discharged/ Separated Civilian Signature Summary of your missile experience - used in the AAFM database - attach bio if you have one GLCM __ JCMPO__ Missile Systems and Units Matador ____ Blue Scout ___ Titan I ___ 568___ Titan II 38___ 303___ 485___ Navaho____ Thor___ Units _____ Unit ________ 569___ 850___ 851___ ___ 308___ Units_____ __________ 703/451SMW___ 381____ 390 486___ 487___ 501___ Dug- Snark ____ ___ way__ 868TMTS/G___ _________ Atlas D___ E___ F___ 548___ 549___ 702SMW ____ Mace ____ 550___ 551___ 556___ 567___ 576___ Minuteman I____ II/Mod____ III____ Bomarc ___ Units______ Jupiter ____ 577___ 578___ 579___ 706/389SMW__ Peacekeeper____ 44___ 90___ Units ____ __________ Italy___ Tur- 91/455 ___ 321 ___ 341 ___ 351___ _________ ALCS___ 2ACCS___4ACCS___ key ___ 4062 (MM Train)___ Small ICBM__ Space Systems___ Thor___ Atlas___ Titan II___ Titan III___ Titan IV ___ Airlaunch___ AIM___ AIR___ AGM___ SRAM___ Delta ___ Nike ___ Vanguard ___ Scout ___ EELV___ Apollo___ Mercury___ ALCM___ ACM___ AAMRAM___ RPV/Drone___ Gemini___ MOL___ Agena___ ABRES___ Ranger___ Shuttle___ Skylab___ Hounddog___ Quail___ Skybolt___ Sat Control___ SpaceSurv___ BMEWS___ DSP___ DMSP___ DSCS___ Other Airlaunch Systems_______________________ GPS___ PavePaws___ Other Space System_________________________ _____________________________________________ 21SW___ 30SW___ 45SW___ 50SW___ Other Space Units_____________ Airlaunch Units _____________________________ Headquarters/Numbered Air Force/Specialized Units (Check only if assigned to the headquarters level) JCS/DOD/SECAF___ Air Staff___ AFIG___ AFOTEC___ HqARDC/AFSC___ WDD/BMD/BSD___ HqAFLC ____ AMC___ SAC or JSTPS___ AFSPC___ AFGSC___TAC___ ACC___ BMO___ SAMSO___ SMC___ WTR___ Ogden___ SBALC___ STRATCOM___ PACAF___ USAFE___ EUCOM___ NATO ETR___ 6555___ 6595___ SACSO___ SAALC___ SMALC___ or AAFCE___ AFSOUTH___ AU___ AFMPC/AFPC___ SATAF_____________________ AGMC___ SACLO___ DTRA/OSIA____ Other MAJCOM__________________ Division Hq Vandenberg Units 1MslDiv___ 1STRAD___ HqATC?AETC___ CTTC___ LTTC___ NAF 2___ 3___ 5__ 4___ 12___ 392___ 394___ 395___ 576___ 4315___ 3901___ STTC___ VAFB ATC___ 381TRG___ 8___ 14__ 15___ Other ____ 51MMS ____ Other VAFB Units __________ 392TRS___ 532TRS____ 533TRS ____ 16___ 17___ 20___ Other Units ___________________________________ Specialties Operations___ Maintenance___ Munitions___ Comm___ Facility Mgr___ Safety___ Civil Eng___ Support___ Research/Devel/Test___ Instrumentation___ Security___ Contractor___ ( )Other _______________________ Missile/Space Competition Participant___ Years____________ Commander -Sqdn___ Group___ Wing___ Other_____________ Other Information________________________________________________________________________________________ Membership Categories Association of Air Force Missileers 1 Membership Application Annual ($20) ____ Active Duty/Student ($5) ____ Complete and mail to: Three Years ($50) ____ Active Duty/Student ($14) ____ AAFM PO Box 5693 Lifetime ($300) ____ (Payable in up to 12 installments) Breckenridge, CO 80424 Awarded Missile Badge - Yes _____ No _____ Air Force Missileers or log on to www.afmissileers.org Member Number _________________ The Quarterly Newsletter of the Association of Air Force Missileers Volume 25, Number 3 “Advocates for Missileers” September 2017 Name Home Phone Address E-mail Maintainers from the 90th Missile Wing pre- City State Zip Code Rank/Grade Active Retired pare the Minuteman III Duty Reserve or missile at India-09 for removal. The Air Force Can AAFM release this information-only to members and missile organizations? Yes ____ No ___ Nat Guard Discharged/ met the ICBM New Separated Civilian START requirements Signature with the removal of this booster from the LF Summary of your missile experience - used in the AAFM database - attach bio if you have one GLCM __ JCMPO__ Missile Systems and Units Matador ____ Blue Scout ___ Titan I ___ 568___ Titan II 38___ 303___ 485___ Navaho____ Thor___ Units _____ Unit ________ 569___ 850___ 851___ ___ 308___ Units_____ __________ 703/451SMW___ 381____ 390 486___ 487___ 501___ Dug- Maj Gen Cotton Snark ____ ___ way__ 868TMTS/G___ _________ Atlas D___ E___ F___ 548___ 549___ 702SMW ____ Mace ____ 550___ 551___ 556___ 567___ 576___ Minuteman I____ II/Mod____ III____ Bomarc ___ Units______ - By Major Jupiter ____ 577___ 578___ 579___ 706/389SMW__ Peacekeeper____ 44___ 90___ Sentinel Warriors Lead the Charge in Continuous Improvement Units ____ __________ General Anthony J. Cotton, Commander, 20 AF, AAFM Mbr A2222. Italy___ Tur- 91/455 ___ 321 ___ 341 ___ 351___ _________ ALCS___ 2ACCS___4ACCS___ It’s been about one year since I last updated AAFM so, in what will likely be my last article as Commander, 20th key ___ 4062 (MM Train)___ Small ICBM__ Air Force (AF), I want to bring you up to speed on a few of our continuous improvement efforts. The Sentinel Warriors Space Systems___ Thor___ Atlas___ Titan II___ Titan III___ Titan IV ___ Airlaunch___ AIM___ AIR___ AGM___ SRAM___ of 20 AF continue to work hard to improve the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) mission and I love to highlight Delta ___ Nike ___ Vanguard ___ Scout ___ EELV___ Apollo___ Mercury___ ALCM___ ACM___ AAMRAM___ RPV/Drone___ their accomplishments. So let me share with you what we’ve done to meet the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New Gemini___ MOL___ Agena___ ABRES___ Ranger___ Shuttle___ Skylab___ Hounddog___ Quail___ Skybolt___ START) requirements, introduce you to our new Missile Security Operating Concept (MSOC) and discuss our integrated Sat Control___ SpaceSurv___ BMEWS___ DSP___ DMSP___ DSCS___ Other Airlaunch Systems_______________________ Road Warrior exercise. GPS___ PavePaws___ Other Space System_________________________ _____________________________________________ 21SW___ 30SW___ 45SW___ 50SW___ Other Space Units_____________ Airlaunch Units _____________________________ On 2 June 2017, the 90th Missile Wing (MW) removed the booster from launch facility (LF) India-09, bringing the nation’s ICBM force in full compliance with the New START. Thanks to the hard work of our maintainers and teamwork Headquarters/Numbered Air Force/Specialized Units (Check only if assigned to the headquarters level) with Air Force Global Strike Command, the System Program Office and the 309th Maintenance Group, we were able to comply with the treaty nine months ahead of schedule! As you know, the New START treaty came into force on 5 February JCS/DOD/SECAF___ Air Staff___ AFIG___ AFOTEC___ HqARDC/AFSC___ WDD/BMD/BSD___ HqAFLC ____ AMC___ 2011 and directed a major change in the Minuteman III force structure. In order to meet treaty limits, we had to remove 50 SAC or JSTPS___ AFSPC___ AFGSC___TAC___ ACC___ BMO___ SAMSO___ SMC___ WTR___ Ogden___ SBALC___ ICBMs from the field by 5 February 2018. STRATCOM___ PACAF___ USAFE___ EUCOM___ NATO ETR___ 6555___ 6595___ SACSO___ SAALC___ SMALC___ Our 400 on-alert ICBMs will rotate through 450 Launch Facilities (LFs), so we are committed to keeping the or AAFCE___ AFSOUTH___ AU___ AFMPC/AFPC___ SATAF_____________________ AGMC___ SACLO___ DTRA/OSIA____ Other MAJCOM__________________ 50 non-deployed facilities in an operational condition. In fact, our maintenance community is taking it a step further by Division Hq Vandenberg Units 1MslDiv___ 1STRAD___ implementing an innovative way to use this configuration as an opportunity to accomplish periodic depot maintenance HqATC?AETC___ CTTC___ LTTC___ NAF 2___ 3___ 5__ 4___ 12___ 392___ 394___ 395___ 576___ 4315___ 3901___ (PDM) on our LFs. As we complete PDM on these initial 50 LFs, we’ll move boosters to these sites and place the vacated STTC___ VAFB ATC___ 381TRG___ 8___ 14__ 15___ Other ____ 51MMS ____ Other VAFB Units __________ LFs in PDM, always careful to maintain New START requirements. 392TRS___ 532TRS____ 533TRS ____ 16___ 17___ 20___ To meet the security demands for New START activities and other missile field maintenance, we are overhauling Other Units ___________________________________ how we deploy missile security forces. During my Senior Leader Conference in September